What to donate - babies & children

We welcome a wide range of new and preloved items for babies and children. Please check our list below for items we do & don’t accept and how best to sort and label donations! Donations clearly labelled allow our small team of volunteers to fast track the most needed items out to young families as quickly as possible.

Baby/children’s clothing and essentials

We believe that clothing and essentials packs provided by Mummies Paying It Forward are a gift from the community to vulnerable families. For this reason, we ask that clothing and every day essentials donated be in new or good/great condition and freshly laundered. We can accept:

Car seats (less than 8 years old, meets Australian standards and never been in a car accident).

Cots (must be a maximum of 10 years old,be structurally sound with no obvious cracks within the panels and include all parts).Cots manufactured within Australia must have, by law, a date of manufacture stamped on the cot base and comply with Safety Standard for household cots: AS/NZS 2172:2003. We kindly ask all cots are checked prior to drop off to ensure they comply within the above requirements. For more information on cot safety requirements, please visit www.productsafety.gov.au/standards/household-cots

Prams in clean condition (with instruction manual if possible). Please ensure all prams are foldable and all safety features especially brakes are in working order. Double prams/strollers are highly sought after!